Benedict Cumberbatch Quotes

In an ideal world, everybody would find it easy to talk to the press... but not everybody is so excited.

People say to me, 'You don't seem that interested in interviews.' Well, you know, I'm not, often. I'm not going to talk tactics with the press, so you are left with talking about how you are feeling; for me, it is not the most interesting thing to be doing.

Players shy away from talking to announcers today.

When somebody wants to interview me, I've always got something to say.

I engage with a lot of journalists, some of them have history and some of them don't, that's not my concern. My concern is to make sure I represent the views I want to represent on those shows.

I'm crap at interviews. I'm just not very good at sentences.

Most athletes are media shy. They keep to themselves and to their training. I'm not saying it is absolutely necessary for them to come out and face the cameras with confidence, but if they do, it will only help them. They will find themselves closer to their fans and will also get their word across more effectively.

Facing the press is not easy, but because you have to go, you have to try to take a lot of positive things for yourself from these face-to-face meetings.

Every time I talk to the press, I put my foot in my mouth.

Doing the press has become as much of a job as getting in front of the camera. You have to avoid burnout, avoid saying anything stupid, but still come across as yourself.

I'm not a very good interview, usually.

The more media interviews you do, the less any one interaction matters.

Talking to the press, you say things a little differently.

Every media appearance is a learning experience about the media outlet and their journalists and their feelings about you, so treat it as such.

I find it very boring to keep on talking about myself! Which is why I find giving interviews also very boring.

In terms of, like, interviews, I used to struggle a lot with interviews; I never knew what to say.

I have spent a long time being asked questions in interviews, so I've experienced it on the other side but I'm really not afraid to ask any question myself.

I personally have a pretty open philosophy about trying to talk to the press, and so does Dan Bartlett.

I don't like giving interviews unless I have something to talk about. Why bore people and why bore media?

I'm not used to doing press conferences, and I don't like giving interviews.

I don't do media training. I don't do that.

Doing the press, it's part of my job, so I do it with a smile on my face, but I'm not comfortable in the hot seat.

When I'm being interviewed, presumably it's because people want to know how I feel about something or what my motivation is, not because they want to hear what I sound like in English. I wouldn't be true to the task if I responded in my unrefined English.

I've done interviews in the past where, apparently, I didn't give the journalist any eye contact. I'm a bit shy, yes. I've thought about refusing to do any press at all.

Sometimes in the moment when I'm doing a press conference, one of my favorite things is to watch reporters.